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So, today is Spring Bank Holiday, aka Whitsun in the UK, while the US has had Memorial Day, for which our closest equivalent is Remembrance Sunday. It is raining, which is typical behaviour for British weather faced with a Bank Holiday. Summer, wherefore art thou?! Although the plants have desperately needed some rain.
Saturday evening I hand-wrote three sides of A5, sketching out the opening paragraphs for a sequel to Suit of Swords; I don't know if the sequel will ever actually be written, but it felt good to write again. I'm still finding it hard to type fiction, for some reason, but maybe today is the day :D
I don't think I'm going to make a To Do list for June. I'm just going to see how things go, maybe get more organised again for July. I haven't finished the calendar for June yet, either; it may be late in getting posted. You all know May has been a bad month for me, and I know it has been hard for many of you, too, so here's hoping June will bring better days :D
One thing I was going to post about way back when, was 750words; it's free and easy to use. It's not a blog site in the way LJ/DW is, because entries are private by default. It's based on an idea that an author ought to write about three pages a day to prime their creativity, which here is said to be the 750 words. You can sign in using Facebook, Google, Yahoo, or Open ID - remember, your LJ account is Open ID, so you've already got at least one of these open to you. Then you just begin typing. At 750 words, you get a congratulations message - you can continue typing, of course.
What's nice is that you gain virtual rewards, little badges of honour, for completing X days in a row. What I find very useful about the site is that it's like a basic word processor, a blank page with just the date at the top; somehow I get less distracted when there isn't the option to start formatting things, and type without stopping to correct mistakes. And it's easy to leave it open while surfing the net or fact checking, and then flick back to the tab and type a bit more.
It even allows you to see an analysis of what you've typed, though obviously this is a bit hit and miss - all my fic about Lord Rahl makes the analytical tool think I'm very concerned with religion :D
It's another place for you to type up notes or posts or fic ideas when you're not at your own PC; just log in and type away. Later, just copy and paste the text into your editor of choice and save it on your own hard drive.
Saturday evening I hand-wrote three sides of A5, sketching out the opening paragraphs for a sequel to Suit of Swords; I don't know if the sequel will ever actually be written, but it felt good to write again. I'm still finding it hard to type fiction, for some reason, but maybe today is the day :D
I don't think I'm going to make a To Do list for June. I'm just going to see how things go, maybe get more organised again for July. I haven't finished the calendar for June yet, either; it may be late in getting posted. You all know May has been a bad month for me, and I know it has been hard for many of you, too, so here's hoping June will bring better days :D
One thing I was going to post about way back when, was 750words; it's free and easy to use. It's not a blog site in the way LJ/DW is, because entries are private by default. It's based on an idea that an author ought to write about three pages a day to prime their creativity, which here is said to be the 750 words. You can sign in using Facebook, Google, Yahoo, or Open ID - remember, your LJ account is Open ID, so you've already got at least one of these open to you. Then you just begin typing. At 750 words, you get a congratulations message - you can continue typing, of course.
What's nice is that you gain virtual rewards, little badges of honour, for completing X days in a row. What I find very useful about the site is that it's like a basic word processor, a blank page with just the date at the top; somehow I get less distracted when there isn't the option to start formatting things, and type without stopping to correct mistakes. And it's easy to leave it open while surfing the net or fact checking, and then flick back to the tab and type a bit more.
It even allows you to see an analysis of what you've typed, though obviously this is a bit hit and miss - all my fic about Lord Rahl makes the analytical tool think I'm very concerned with religion :D
It's another place for you to type up notes or posts or fic ideas when you're not at your own PC; just log in and type away. Later, just copy and paste the text into your editor of choice and save it on your own hard drive.
